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[–]Overdrive 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I just don't think people should get banned from places for "dead naming" or using wrong pronouns. Like if my own mother transitioned today, I'd still probably refer to her as my mother even if at other times I would try to respect her and say father or whatever. If my son wanted to transition, I'd still say that I gave birth to a boy. My beliefs are cemented in reality. My mother was a mother when she gave birth to me. My son was a son when I gave birth to him. That is reality and it can never change. Stop lying to people.

Now what do I think about Buck Angel's views? Well for one I know he is very accepting of his history and he is not afraid of living with and admitting to his reality. I wish the trans community as a whole was more accepting of themselves and their history. I have no trouble using he/him when referring to Buck. It doesn't take away at all from the problem that I have with the PHYSICAL REALITY that we are suddenly lacking in certain parts of society.

I would hedge that most of society is ok with referring to whomever as he or she if they so want to. What society as a whole balks at is the people who insist that their reality and history is somehow changed and they should be considered as not something different (MtF, FtM) but that they should absolutely be considered to just be a F or a M and therefore appropriate certain rights, spaces, positions, grants, and contribute to the statistics of the either F or M. I know my views are as different to other GC as are my life experiences, but one thing is for certain and that is penis or vagina that I would hope we would all agree on.